Last night, as the observant can tell from the background of this picture, Laurelyn and I took full advantage of being back in town to hit up the Avalon Mall Empire Theatres. And we also took full advantage of Pink Shirt Day to show our support for this great anti-bullying campaign. I don’t have school-aged children (too old!) or grandchildren (too young!), so I only really learned about this campaign through the social media that I’m now using to promote our cabins.
For years we’ve been hearing about how powerful Twitter and the rest can be, and I’m now really starting to appreciate how influential it can be in raising awareness – not just as a business tool, but for anything you’re passionate about. I love that kids today can build up a network of supporters. It doesn’t answer every problem (and certainly creates some new ones), but I can only imagine what such an anti-bullying campaign would have done in Torbay in the ’50s and ’60s.
(And by the way, the movie we saw was Safe House and it was excellent! Is Denzel awesome or what?)